The 4 Keys to the 2012 Presidential Election
& One Essential Step: VOTE

Welcome to America.

1. Conscience

   As the 2012 Presidential election approaches this November, I’ve found myself asking my conscience whether or not I can limit my blog presence to a pure conversation about writing, when I know the welfare of my own son hangs in the balance of this election.

   I weighed my work as a writer and independent editor against my love for my son—

   And my love for my son won.

2. America

   So I’m posting this page for everyone who believes in equality for all Americans and the unbelievable importance of preserving our country from the neo-conservative radicals who have seized control of the leadership of our modern Republican Party.

   These radicals are lying out-right to millions of traditional Republican voters, most of whom are intelligent and caring people who know perfectly well that the self-serving neo-con agenda directly opposes the best interests of the American middle-class, particularly the blue-collar professionals who constitute the Republican voter base.

   Of course, these voters are finding it terribly difficult to sort the truth from the lies—especially when the liars control their own party, in which they sincerely believe, and are so polished and professional about lying.

   As one commentator said after the first 2012 Presidential debate, “Who wants the most to win? Romney, I think.” Of course he does. Because he has the most to gain personally and financially from seizing control of one of the richest countries on earth.

   Wanting to control a country and being good at it are two different things.

3. The United States—Bipartisan Unity

   Although I’m a lifelong Democrat, many of these intelligent, caring middle-class Republican voters are my family and loved ones, people whose lives were drastically affected by the economic crash and the radical neo-con policies that caused it.

   Middle-class blue-collar Americans took the economic crash right in the teeth. The crash deeply affected me and my husband as well, although in our tax bracket we pay taxes between two and three times as high as Romney’s. (This says more about Romney than it does about us.)

   And we have all seen our country begin to recover from that economic crash under the Obama Administration, particularly in the blue-collar sector, although the damage was so extensive and had been building throughout so many years of neo-con leadership that it couldn’t possibly all be repaired in one short Presidential Administration, particularly in the face of hardline neo-con partisan obstructionism in Congress.

   Much of what Obama has worked so very hard to accomplish has been defeated by neo-cons in Congress over the past four years for no other reason but this election: so they could claim, “He didn’t fix our mess.”

   We’ve seen this moment coming for four years, haven’t we?

   And who pays for that obstructionism?

   Why, we Americans do, of course.

   People, all of our extended families are made up of both Democrats and Republicans, both liberals and conservatives. . .those families we love. All of our cities, towns, neighborhoods, and communities are made up of both. . .those friends and neighbors we love.

   No matter what our party affiliations, we in this country are all Americans—we’re all in this together.

4. Education

   So I’ve found a blogger who has put together lists of both Obama’s and Romney’s political records with citations: Milt Shook.

   And I thought you’d like to know that I’ve created a comment for online articles on the Presidential campaign below. Even though I’m always socked-in up to my eyeballs, working with editing clients and raising my wonderful teenager, I try to find a little time throughout the week to read recent articles and add Shook’s research to the comments.

   If anyone would like to use this comment below on any online articles you find, please feel free to use it. I do believe in education as the source of all informed decisions.

   This is not a partisan issue anymore.

   It’s about the American people claiming our own: America.

PLEASE VOTE.

best,
Victoria

Thank you for the link to the video of the steelworkers, Jesus Maria Alvarez, who fled Communist Cuba with his family as a child forty years ago, to seek sanctuary in the freedom of democracy that we are so privileged to have here the United States.

“Don’t boo Romney. VOTE.”—President Barack Obama, Denver, October 4, 2012

“http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jebDlVA”